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Page 88
Do you know the village of Beragama ? ' • No , vederala , no . I have heard of it ,
but I do not know it . ' · Well , it lies over there to the east , five days ' journey
through the jungle , beyond Maha Potana and the River of Jewels . Do you think
you ...
Do you know the village of Beragama ? ' • No , vederala , no . I have heard of it ,
but I do not know it . ' · Well , it lies over there to the east , five days ' journey
through the jungle , beyond Maha Potana and the River of Jewels . Do you think
you ...
Page 103
Silindu and his party arrived in Beragama on the ninth day of the festival , so that
they would remain six days in the village , and take part in six processions . At
either end of the broad straight street stood temples . The one at the north end ...
Silindu and his party arrived in Beragama on the ninth day of the festival , so that
they would remain six days in the village , and take part in six processions . At
either end of the broad straight street stood temples . The one at the north end ...
Page 134
They told it to us at Beragama . And now in the same night he has sent me a son
and a daughter from the jungle . ' So Hinnihami suckled the child and the fawn
together . The village looked on with astonishment and disapproval . • The
woman ...
They told it to us at Beragama . And now in the same night he has sent me a son
and a daughter from the jungle . ' So Hinnihami suckled the child and the fawn
together . The village looked on with astonishment and disapproval . • The
woman ...
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aiya Aiyo Arachchi asked Babehami Babun became began bring brother brought called carrying charm chena child clear cloth comes compound court crop daughter dead deer devil died evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando followed fool girl give given Hamadoru hand hang head headman hear heard Hinnihami hunter interpreter judge jungle Kamburupitiya Karlinahami kill knew Korala laughed leave lies listen live looked Mahatmaya mind months morning mother Mudalali never night once passed path perhaps prison Punchi Menika Punchirala rain rice road round seemed seen side silence Silindu slowly speak squatted stand stood strange talk tell temple thing thought told took track trees trouble true turned understand vederala village voice waited walked watched wife wild wind woman women
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Village in the Jungle |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Hansa, 1972 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 30 Nov 2017 |
| Length | 307 pages |
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